Cue holder



Jan. 29, 1924.

- A. ANDRECK ET AL CUE HOLDER Filed Jan. 10. 1922 Patented Jan. 29, 1924. I

Unirea states PATENT orFIcE.

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Application filcd January 10, 1922. Serial No. 528340. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ADAM ANDREGK and FRANK RUBozYNsnI, both `citizens of the Republic of Poland, and both residents of the city of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have in-v vented certain new and useful mprovements in Cue Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cue holders, and more particularly to suspension holders for billiard cues and the like, in which the weight of the cue operates the holder to retain the cue the-rein, and the objects of the invention are to provide simple, inexpensive and practical nieans of this kind that will retain the cues neatly in a hanging position and prevent them warping i by reason of the above-mentioned fact that f for using metal cases or the like to they are practically sustained in the cue holder by their own weight.

A further object, therefore, isto provide a oue holder that will obviate the necessity k put away cues in and keep themstraight.

A still further object is 'to vprovide a cue holder of this character that can be looked when the cue is in position.

It is a well known fact that, in the ordinary clip racks now, more or less, in general use, the cues in a short time become bent or warped due to the natural shrinking of the wood, making it impossible to play accurately with them. Our invention, on the other hand, while embodying the simplicity of the ordinary rack, at the same time combines with it the advantages of themetal case in preventing warping at pra-cltically no additional cost. v f

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially of a slotted plate or strip of metal formed with an intermediate ledge and having a pair of operatively mounted gripping members provided with hinged arms designed to be held in interlocked position by a pin or spindle therethrough extending through the slot in the plate, Whereby the holder is slidably mounted to opera-te the ,c ;rippingv members to open or close on the holder being moved, respectively, upwardly and downwardly, pivoted cam means ou the `slotted plate whereby the upward anddownward movement of the holder is controlled and whereposii having enlarged ends 16.

' p i In the drawings, like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure, land in which: Figure 1 isa front elevation of the holder in closed position with cue therein.

Figure 2 is a Vertical section.

v f Figure 3 is a front elevation of the holder in open position.

Figure li is a sectional detail of one of the gripping members.

Referring to the drawings':

A is the cue holder of any suitable material and is here shown as comprising a metal strip or plate narrowed from, approximately, the centre upwards rat 11 to form a slid'eway provided with a vertically extending recess or slot 12 therein. Adjacent to the bottom of vthe slot 12 is the ledge or rest 18 formed integral with the plate` member 10 by folding over the lower end thereof on itself and hending the extremity outwardly. This form of construction is the vone illustrated but we do not confine ourselves to it, and the ledge 13 may be formed in `any other suitable or convenient manner.

In the folded lower end of themember 10, as here shown, is mounted a, bar, or pin 111 outwardlybent at right angles at 15 and 17 are gripping members partly S-Shaped loosely mounted on the bent ends 15 and hingedly connected at their opposite ends to the operating arms 18 which, in turn, are adapted to overlap each other at 19 and to receive therethrough in this position a securing spindle or pinn 20v designed to extend into a wall or other support through the slot 12 whereby the cue holder is suspended. i v p 21 is a pivotallyv mounted cam inember adjacent to the slot 12- aud formed'with a ledge or shoulder 22 adapted to engage with the spindle 20, as hereinafter more fully desoribed, to look a cue in the holder and to retain the gripping members in open position to receive the cue. 23 is an ordinary billiard cue and 24 is a lining of leather or' other suitable material for the gripping members 17 to prevent said `members from marking the eue.r i

i The cam 21 may be provided With suitable spring means or may be made in any suitable form, and 'after it is released in the Operation which is described from the position as shown in Figure 3, it is swung around to assume the position shown in Figure 1.

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When it is desired to lock the cue in, the g Vsuitable look extending` through aperture therein registering; With an aperture in the holder, thereby looking' the cue in the holder and prevent-ing its removal.

lnr Figure 3, the cam inernber is extendin'g` downwardly and in engagement With Jthe top of the Supporting' pin 20, the gripping'V members in this position and as shown being open andready to receive the top of a cue. Un the cue top, as shown in dotted lines in Figure being; inserted between the gripping members, the cam member 'is swnnp,w to the right, releasing` the pin aid permitting the dcvioe to assurne the position shownV in Figure l Wherein theV gripping members tightly holdthe top of the one.

To retain the grippinp; members in this position, the cam member is swunp; to'the left until it assnmes a Vertical positionL in Which it is intended to, L H Withjthe underside of thepin' 20, thV preventing' the device as a. whole froni being` moved upwardly to any vextent to release the`V oue. ln this position, the cam member can Vbe readilv looked bv any suitable means in oombination withth'e plate lO.

l'n'iother words, to grip 'the cne 23, the oammeinber, assuining that i' Vis in the position as shown in'lligure 3, is fi'rst sivung to the right, releasino' its engageinent with the pin 20. 'Elie device then slides on the pin until the pin reaehes the top of the slide Which action causes the gripping members to close around the top of the oue, las illustrated in Figure` 1. To retain the holder in this posi-7 tion, the cam member is then swung to the leftV to engage with the underside ot the pin 20 and then., even when the oue pressed upivardly, it will not be possible to release it or to open theigrippinn` members l'T, the upward inoveinent oi* the holder bein prevented. by the engageinent of the cain at the point- 22 With the underside of the pin 20.

To releasethe one, it is then necessary, as above mentioned, to siving' the cam member downwardly and to the right and then shove the cueupwardly, when the holder Will slide upwardly until the pin reaches the bottom. of the slide, therebyropening Wide, as shown in Figfure 3, the gripping' members.

It Will he seen from the foregg'oingV that this cam member practically Controls the up,-

Ward and downward slidahle inovement ot the holder and constitutes, therefore, ai'ery important feature in my invention. v

As many changes could be made in the above construction and i many apparently widely different embodiment of our invention within the scope of the' claims, construoted Without .departing from the spirit or soope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanyingspeoifioation and drawingsshall bev interp'preted as illustrative and not in a limitina; sense.

' llfhat we elaim as our invention is:

l. A cue holderl oo'mprising a metal strip slotted adjacent- 'oneend and having the other end doubled on itself to Jfor i an intermediate shelf or stop, a suitably bent rod through the bottom of the folded end, a pair of S-shaped gripping p members hingedly mounted on-said rod, links pivotally connected torsaid gripping members and tormed With looped ends designed to overlap'to receive therethrough asnpporting pin :tor the holder, said pin bein;` also adapted 'to extend through said slott-ed end Whereby the holder is slidably suspended in position, and Cain means pivotally mounted adjzacent said Slot and adapted to engage With the supporting pin to retain the holder in closed or open position. j

2. A cue holder of the character' deseribed comprising, in combination, a Supporting pin, a slotted plate membe'adapted tobe.v

VWith pivotally mounted gripping' members link-connected to a pin memberadapted to slidably support the holder, and (rain means on the holder designed to engag'e With said pin to seciirely retain the holder in an open or closed position. p

In Witness whereof We have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two witnesses.

ADAM ANDRECK.x .i p `FRANK RUBCZYNSKI. VVitnesses i J. F. PoINTs, F. A. BOHNE. 

